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I was 15 when I got my first job as a proofreader for an advertising agency in the City, earning £12 a week. But by then, I was already playing darts tournaments every weekend, regularly winning the £50 first prize. By the time I was 16 and winning two or three contests a weekend, I ditched the agency job and concentrated on darts.
Eric Bristow

Meaning of "proofreader" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF PROOFREADER

proofreader  [ˈpruːfriːdə] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF PROOFREADER

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Proofreader is a noun.
A noun is a type of word the meaning of which determines reality. Nouns provide the names for all things: people, objects, sensations, feelings, etc.

WHAT DOES PROOFREADER MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Proofreading

Proofreading is the reading of a galley proof or an electronic copy of a publication to detect and correct production errors of text or art. Proofreaders are expected to be consistently accurate by default because they occupy the last stage of typographic production before publication.

Definition of proofreader in the English dictionary

The definition of proofreader in the dictionary is someone who reads to detect and mark errors to be corrected.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH PROOFREADER


acceder
əkˈsiːdə
Blida
ˈbliːdə
Breda
ˈbriːdə
breeder
ˈbriːdə
cedar
ˈsiːdə
ceder
ˈsiːdə
cheerleader
ˈtʃɪəˌliːdə
conceder
kənˈsiːdə
feeder
ˈfiːdə
leader
ˈliːdə
Leda
ˈliːdə
lip-reader
ˈlɪpriːdə
newsreader
ˈnjuːzˌriːdə
nonbreeder
ˌnɒnˈbriːdə
Ouida
ˈwiːdə
querida
kəˈriːdə
reader
ˈriːdə
reeder
ˈriːdə
sight-reader
ˈsaɪtˌriːdə
speeder
ˈspiːdə

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE PROOFREADER

proo
prooemion
prooemium
proof
proof copy
proof of concept
proof of identity
proof of postage
proof of purchase
proof sheets
proof spirit
proof stage
proof stress
proof theory
proofer
proofless
proofread
proofreading
prootic
prop

WORDS THAT END LIKE PROOFREADER

beader
card reader
community leader
deader
double-header
e-reader
floor leader
follow-the-leader
header
kneader
loader
market leader
palm reader
party leader
project leader
ringleader
Scout Leader
spreader
squadron leader
team leader
world leader

Synonyms and antonyms of proofreader in the English dictionary of synonyms

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Translation of «proofreader» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF PROOFREADER

Find out the translation of proofreader to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of proofreader from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «proofreader» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

校对
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

corrector de pruebas
570 millions of speakers

English

proofreader
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

शुद्धिकारक
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

مدقق لغوي
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

корректор
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

revisor
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

প্রূফ্সংশোধক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

correcteur des épreuves
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Pembaca pruf
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

Korrektor
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

校正者
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

교정자
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Proofreader
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

người đọc thử
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

Proofreader
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

प्रूफरीडर
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

düzeltmen
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

correttore di bozze
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

korektor
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

коректор
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

corector
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

διορθωτής
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

proefleser
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

korrekturläsare
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

korrekturleser
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of proofreader

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «PROOFREADER»

The term «proofreader» is regularly used and occupies the 76.022 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «PROOFREADER» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about proofreader

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4 QUOTES WITH «PROOFREADER»

Famous quotes and sentences with the word proofreader.
1
Eric Bristow
I was 15 when I got my first job as a proofreader for an advertising agency in the City, earning £12 a week. But by then, I was already playing darts tournaments every weekend, regularly winning the £50 first prize. By the time I was 16 and winning two or three contests a weekend, I ditched the agency job and concentrated on darts.
2
Geraldine Brooks
I knew I was going to be a journalist when I was eight years old and I saw the printing presses rolling at the Sydney newspaper where my dad worked as a proofreader.
3
Karen Hesse
I have earned wages as a waitress, a nanny, a librarian, a personnel officer, an agricultural laborer, an advertising secretary, a typesetter, a proofreader, a mental-health-care provider, a substitute teacher, and a book reviewer. In and around the edges of all those jobs I have written poems, stories, and books, books, books.
4
Sam Trammell
I used to work as a proofreader at Merrill Lynch.

10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «PROOFREADER»

Discover the use of proofreader in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to proofreader and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
iWork '09: The Missing Manual: The Missing Manual
The Proofreader combs through your text looking for errors in capitalization, punctuation, and writing style. Although prone to making occasional errors of its own, the Proofreader provides a valuable service by taking you through a careful  ...
Josh Clark, 2009
2
McGraw-Hill's Proofreading Handbook
You'll never send out a resume, submit a report, or hand in a proofread manuscript without first consulting this go-to guide.
Laura Anderson, 2005
3
Start Your Own Freelance Writing Business and More: ...
This complete guide arms you with all you need to know to not only start your freelance writing business but to make sure it's a success.
George Sheldon, 2008
4
Copyediting and Proofreading For Dummies
The skills that a proofreader needs are probably the same ones that led you to pick up this book. You're the person who can't keep from crying out at errant apostrophes, right? And I think I heard your scream in the Italian restaurant a few  ...
Suzanne Gilad, 2011
5
Successful Freelance Court Reporting
Some reporters scope their work and pay a proofreader to read it in lieu of reading it themselves. Some reporters use professional proofreaders as a second (or third) set of eyes, whether the reporter scopes the job or not. The fee for the ...
Dana Chipkin, 2001
6
The Editor's Companion
The proofreader verifies the typesetting against the type specification, and therefore needs to understand matters such as point sizes and the characteristics of type families and fonts. These topics are explained fully in the Style Manual, ...
Janet Mackenzie, 2011
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羅馬耶穌會檔案處藏漢和圖書文獻 : 目錄提要: Descriptive Catalogue : ...
censor, 147, 286 editor, 35 Guibert, Jean-Joseph, 516, 519, 524, 526, 529 Han Chi proofreader, 118 Han Chih proofreader, 118 Han Hsia editor, 190 Han K'ang -pai commentator, 482 Han K'uei proofreader, 118 Han Lin, 115, 191 author, 190  ...
Albert Chan, 2002
8
PC Mag
Proofreader Proofreaders exceptional features help make up for its slow speed, clumsiness. and poor documentation. Despite these complaints, it is a worthy and powerful program. Proofreader allows you to correct words in context, display ...
9
So You Think Your English Is OK: Observations of a Proofreader
This book has comments, criticism, opinion and advice concerning English grammar and usage.
James Hibbert, 2014
10
Introduction to Probability and Statistics for Engineers and ...
Ifproofreader 1 found n1 errors, and proofreader 2 found n2 errors, with n1,2 of these errors being found by both proofreaders, estimate N, the total number of errors that are in the manuscript. SOLUTION Before we can estimate Nwe need to ...
Sheldon M. Ross, 2009

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «PROOFREADER»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term proofreader is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Margaret A. Huygens
Over the years, Margaret worked at the Marion Public School (1 year), the Globe Gazette as a proofreader (2 years) and the Mason City School ... «Mason City Globe Gazette, Jul 15»
2
Media freedom: South African government sees how its done in China
Why do they need you to work as a proofreader anyway?" Wang had replied that the editors required him to look for “political mistakes” in the ... «Daily Maverick, Jul 15»
3
Fairfielders are behind the scenes of CT Free Shakespeare
She is also a freelance writer and proofreader and was formerly the Director of Marketing and Communications at The Discovery Museum and ... «Fairfield Sun, Jul 15»
4
Heat wave; Cuban flag over jail?; Potter's Tavern; BEN Column, July …
She wanted to be a proofreader for the Bridgeton Evening News. She could have been anything she wanted. But that wasn't the hand she was ... «NJ.com, Jul 15»
5
DNA 'ambulance' discovery may shed light on origins of cancer
... breaks by "riding" along a DNA coil, acting almost like a proofreader by triggering reactions upon discovering a break that lead to repairs. «Medical News Today, Jul 15»
6
Linda Lee Fisher
Linda Lee Fisher, a former proofreader for the state Department of Legislative Services who also helped maintain the House of Delegates ... «Baltimore Sun, Jul 15»
7
ACC Gets Ready To Crown New King
ACC really needs to hire a good proofreader. But the thing that got the most attention coming out of the ACC Media Days had nothing to do with ... «The Post Game, Jul 15»
8
DAVIS: A toast to bony knees, beer and brats
“It's BAY-kee, not BO-kee,” I was told no fewer than 37 times by everyone from the Courier's city hall reporter to an elderly proofreader with too much rouge, ... «Evansville Courier & Press, Jul 15»
9
What did Caret say to Hashtag and Co? Symbolise this, brothers
... was plonked on top of an obscure foreign-language vowel, or used as an insert-mark by a book-publishing proofreader named either Claire, ... «The Age, Jul 15»
10
Developers tap into growing obsession with tracking apps, but …
Laurence Pollwade is a 51-year-old proofreader who is also holding out on joining the smartphone club. He uses his old Nokia phone for ... «Herald Sun, Jul 15»

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